From 5d2ebcc83aecad33805559f202aeb1a6f36f5ecd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fedora Ninjas Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 09:12:19 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add part-label documentation to mkpart command The documentation was not clear that the first field is a partition type on MBR and a label on GPT. Resolves: rhbz#1686659 --- doc/C/parted.8 | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/C/parted.8 b/doc/C/parted.8 index 5a24c94..080a8cf 100644 --- a/doc/C/parted.8 +++ b/doc/C/parted.8 @@ -73,12 +73,13 @@ Create a new disklabel (partition table) of \fIlabel-type\fP. \fIlabel-type\fP should be one of "aix", "amiga", "bsd", "dvh", "gpt", "loop", "mac", "msdos", "pc98", or "sun". .TP -.B mkpart \fIpart-type\fP \fI[fs-type]\fP \fIstart\fP \fIend\fP +.B mkpart \fI[part-type|part-label]\fP \fI[fs-type]\fP \fIstart\fP \fIend\fP Make a \fIpart-type\fP partition for filesystem \fIfs-type\fP (if specified), beginning at \fIstart\fP and ending at \fIend\fP (by default in megabytes). \fIfs-type\fP can be one of "btrfs", "ext2", "ext3", "ext4", "fat16", "fat32", "hfs", "hfs+", "linux-swap", "ntfs", "reiserfs", or "xfs". -\fIpart-type\fP should be one of "primary", "logical", or "extended". +For MBR labeled devices \fIpart-type\fP should be one of "primary", "logical", or "extended". +For GPT labeled devices \fIpart-label\fP is used instead, and can be any short alphanumeric string. .TP .B name \fIpartition\fP \fIname\fP Set the name of \fIpartition\fP to \fIname\fP. This option works only on Mac, -- 2.20.1